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dc.contributor.authorMuraleedharan, K.R.
dc.contributor.authorDineshKumar, P.K.
dc.contributor.authorPrasannaKumar, S.
dc.contributor.authorJohn, S.
dc.contributor.authorSrijith, B.
dc.contributor.authorAnil Kumar, K.
dc.contributor.authorNaveen Kumar, K.
dc.contributor.authorGautham, S.
dc.contributor.authorSamiksha, S.V.
dc.date.accessioned18/2/2019
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-18T20:16:34Z
dc.date.available1/6/2018
dc.date.available2019-02-18T20:16:34Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationEstuaries and Coasts, vol.41(4); 2018; 1021-1035
dc.identifier.issn1559-2731
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0340-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/7917
dc.description.abstractMud bank formation during the southwest monsoon along the southwest coast of India remains an enigma to the researchers and coastal community in spite of several earlier studies. The present study attempts to unravel the mystery through a high-frequency, season-long time-series observation at Alappuzha, located at the southern part of the west coast of India, a region of frequent occurrence of mud bank. Using 7-month-long weekly time-series observation, we identified strong winds and high waves associated with onset of the southwest monsoon and subsequent three episodic atmospheric low-pressure events (LPEs).With the help of in situ time-series data, we show that the strong winds and high waves associated with southwest monsoon pre-conditions the near shore bottom sediment to bring it into suspension. The high amplitude waves associated with the southwest monsoon, while propagating from the deep water to shallow water region, interact with the bottom initiating bottom-sediment movement and its suspension due to wave refraction and shoaling. The sporadic occurrence of the atmospheric LPEs enhances the process of suspension of bottom sediment in the near shore region leading to the formation of fluid mud. Simulations with a cohesive sediment transport model yielded realistic estimates of sediment transport, in the presence of an onshore current, a pre-requisite for transporting the fluid mud toward the coast. The prevailing onshore upwelling current during the southwest monsoon provides the favorable pre-requisite conditions for transporting the fluid mud through depression channel network towards the coast. Once sufficient quantity and thickness of fluid mud is accumulated in the near shore region, it acts as a wave damper for subsequent high monsoon waves, as indicated by the time-series wave data, leading to the formation of tranquil mud bank region. Depression channel networks extending from the shelf to the coast off Alappuzha, Kochi, Ponnani, Beypore, and Ullal were found in the bathymetric charts, thus explaining why mud banks occur only at few locations in spite of the prevalence of similar monsoon conditions
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
dc.titleFormation Mechanism of Mud Bank Along the Southwest Coast of India
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, Kerala, India


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